Brick.



J. G. BARBOUR.

BRICK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. e, 1913.

Patented Jan; 13, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Momma/a Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

SSHEET 2.

block.

STAES PATENT FFE.

JAMES e. BARBOUR, or oalvrolv, OHIO.

BRICK.

insects.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Serial No. 746,449.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES G. Bassoon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brick, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvement in brick, primarily designed for use in paving streets and the object of my improvement is to provide a paving brick or block such that when placed in position the adjacent faces of the bricks or blocks will be spaced from each other a sufficient distance to allow suitable material such as tar or other filling material to be placed between the bricks or blocks and allow a sutlicient amount of such material to be placed to securely and firmly bind or cement the bricks or blocks together. I attain this object together with other objects readily apparent to those skilled in the art by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, although my invention may be embodied in a variety of other mechanical forms, the coiiistruction illustrated being chosen by way of example.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a single brick or Fig. 2 is a view showing a number of bricks or blocks placed in position to form a pavement or wall. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a single brick or block showing a sli ht modification from the brick or block illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a top view. Fig. is a transverse section on line 44., Fig. at.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents the brick or block which is formed of the size desired and is manufactured in the usual way, that is formed of plastic material. suitable for the production of brick or paving blocks and burned in the usual manner. The side faces of the brick 1 are provided near their ends with the grooves 2 and the ribs 3, which grooves and ribs are substantially of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3 and as shown the ribs 2 and the grooves 3 are inclined in opposite directions to the vertical faces of the brick or blocks. The grooves 2 are of the greatest depth at the tops and bottoms of the brick, and the ribs 3 are of the greatest thickness at the tops and the bottoms of the brick or block.

The grooves 2 gradually lessening in depth to a point about midway between the tops and bottoms of the brick or blocks at which point the grooves terminate and the ribs I commence to protrude outward increasing in thickness toward the tops or bottoms of the bricks or blocks. It will be understood that by this arrangement of the oppositely disposed ribs and grooves the brick or blocks will be held in proper spaced relationship with reference to each other, regardless as to whether or not the top or bottom of the brick is laid uppermost in placing the same in position to form a pavement or in other words the brick may be inverted without, in anywise disturbing or changing the spacing 01. the side faces of the brick or block.

116-11 the bricks are placed in position to form a pavement or wall and the spaces between the bricks properly filled with suitable binding material such binding material will, ai'ter it becomes hardened prevent any lateral displacement of the brick or block with reference to each other and by providing the oppositely disposed ribs and grooves there can be no lateral or relative movement in either direction, owing to the fact that the inclined ribs formed upon the brick and the inclined ribs created by the hardening of the filling material will oppose each other, thereby acting as keys or wedges in preventing any lateral or slipping movement between the adjacent faces of the brick or block, regardless of the fact whether they are placed to produce a pavement or placed to produce a wall.

In Fig. 1 I have illustrated the grooves and ribs 2 and 3 located at an angle to the ends of the brick or block, and by locating the angularity of said grooves and ribs in opposite directions, the bricks or blocks can be so placed in the wall or paving, that said ribs and grooves will cross each other; that is to say the edge of the brick or block having the ribs and grooves in its opposite ends nearest each other may be placed uppermost or constitute the top of the brick and the next adjacent brick having the ribs and grooves farthest apart may constitute the top of the brick or block when placed in the pavement, thereby bringing the angularity of the ribs and grooves in opposite directions as between the adjacent faces of the bricks or blocks.

It will be understood that the bricks or blocks are to be formed rectangular and of ments formed integrally With said brick or 15 block and consisting of oppositely disposed contiguous convex and concave cone-shaped portions, said oppositely disposed convex and concave cone-shaped portions located diagonally across the faces of the brick or 20 block and inclined in opposite directions.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

' JAMES G. BARBOUR. Witnesses:

JOHN H. BISHOP, HAZEL OWEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

